This is not a guidebook. This is a history of Venice from its beginning in 500 BC to 1986 AD. Hibbert is a prolific writer…
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Tag: History of Italy
A page turner – The Last Leonardo
I read this book with interest having followed the auction sale where the painting was sold for USD 450 million in 2017. The painting was…
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Wonderful read – Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation’s Treasures from the Nazis
Rereading this for my trip to Italy I am again reminded of the debt mankind owed to President Roosevelt for setting up the Roberts Commission…
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